Introduction to Value Stream Mapping and Management

Value streams typically involve multiple teams across several disciplines, such as marketing, sales, development, finance, and operations. By visualizing the entire end-to-end process at a higher level, this class helps attendees immediately see the bottlenecks and delays, which may be difficult to see from the team level. Effective value stream management enables teams to optimize value delivery from end to end.

Internet Access is the only requirement for this class.

The purpose of value stream mapping is to maximize value and minimize waste in a number of different ways and are valuable for anyone wanting to:

• Achieve clear communication and collaboration
• Encourage continuous improvement of a process
• Enable culture change within an organization
• Create visualizations of delays, excess inventory, and production constraints

• What is a Value Stream
• Difference between Operation and Development Value Streams
• What is Value Stream Mapping
• When and how you apply Value Stream Mapping
• Mapping the current state
• Data collection and Metrics
• Identifying waste
• Team Topologies
• Mapping the future state
• Value Stream Management
• Casual Loop Diagraming

Learn how to focus on increasing the flow of business value from customer request to customer delivery.

By visualizing the entire end-to-end process at a higher level, we can immediately see the bottlenecks and delays, which may be difficult to see from the team level. Effective value stream management enables teams to optimize value delivery from end to end.